pitied
Example Sentences
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Véra resents being pitied, while Agathe cannot bear to confront her feelings of guilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
His fans rolled with his excesses and pitied his life tragedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
“I am not here to be pitied and I am not a victim,” he says.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
I pitied and feared for him as he suffers a series of painful humiliations.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
When the chest came to land and they got out, to see no sign of life anywhere, only a wild waste of waters, Zeus pitied them and drained off the flood.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
